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Mike CurtisMike Curtis writes and runs HD for Indies, a consultancy and website dedicated to using affordable digital technology for independent filmmaking. Mike started HD for Indies after a 15 year digital media career making content for everything from cell phones to cinema screens for clients such as Ford, Dell, Compaq, etc.. As a consultant, he focuses on production and post production hardware, software, and workflows to achieve maximum results at a variety of budget levels. 
NAB 2012: Motion Control Systems - CamBLOCKTop Ten Trends of NAB 2012Arri Booth NAB 2012BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera - Supermodel Backrub with Ninja Claws?Miss me? I hope so. Here’s what I stayed up all night writing.So…where’ve I been?Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-XCanon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony?Single Chip Camera Evaluation screening tomorrow morning at CineGearCome see my footage from F3 S-log & Leica Summilux-C lenses TONIGHT at CineGearMike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRxMike’s NAB 2011 Day One Part OneComing to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday nightYo, Creative Pros—Apple Doesn’t Love You Any More. Here’s why.Did Apple actually lame out on the new Mac Pros?New Quad Cores: iMac or Mac Pro?Apple Releases New iMacs - good enough for video editing?Apple Announces New 12 core Macs….for $5000I went and saw nitrate prints and Soderbergh on the same evening…Arri Alexa - look out Red!Mike’s iPad rant-good device, bogus marketingThe Return of BlogwadAperture 3.01 update released, update on my iPhoto ‘09 migrationAnother good article on color correction from StuOn iPhoto to Aperture 3 migration difficulties and new hard drives
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Red’s new approach - modular digital stills and motion cameras - 8 new modelsEIGHT new cameras announced today from Red - new lenses too!
Today Red announced 8 (yes, EIGHT) new cameras. Sensors range from 2/3” to 186x56mm (yep, that’s 7 1/3 by 2 1/5 INCHES), with resolutions from 3K to 28K, with prices from $2500 to $55,000 for the “brains” of the units (more on that below). Incredibly modular to a Legos or Erector Set degree. There’s a HUGE amount of information up on Red’s website here, but after the jump I’ve organized/summarized, have some analysis, and answers to questions not found on their site. Continues after the jump…. more »New workflow options for Red announced from Apple, Adobe, & Avidmore goodies from the Red announcements today
I spent much of today on the Fox lot, watching Ted Schilowitz talk about what’s up with Red. I’ll have another article up shortly about their new hardware, but in terms of workflow, some interesting things were discussed today for upcoming changes coming this year from Apple, Adobe, and Avid for native (or more native) Red workflows. Details after the jump. more »
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Red Drops the (Specs) BombEpic, Scarlet, DSMC = pile of Lego blocks It is 5am. And I still haven’t gone to sleep. Then Pliny from Offhollywood drops me an link to Reduser’s page on all the specs for Epic, Scarlet, and the whole DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) thread that Jim has been posting to tonight. Read on…. more »“The Conversation” Conference starts today in SFI’ll be speaking there tomorrow 1:30-3pm Starting this morning, The Conversation begins in Berkeley, California. The Schedule is here. Speakers will include John Gaeta (VFX super on The Matrix trilogy & Speed Racer), John Knoll (of ILM, also created Photoshop), Phil Tippett, and a slew of new media folks. I’m crushed that I’m missing the first day - I’ll be talking about what’s new in post & production tomorrow at 1:30, and my Red One camera wasn’t ready to drive up to San Francisco until this morning. In any case, if you can, dart on over to Berkeley and check it out - if you’re curious about where content is going and how it’ll be created, this should be fascinating. On site registration is about $150 for the two day event. -mike Advertisement QuVis Wraptor to export your own DCI DCP (that’s theatrical digital file package)$699 Compressor plug-in lets Final Cut Studio users export Digital Cinema Package QuVis has announced a new product - QuVis Wraptor - a $699 Compressor plug-in for Final Cut Studio that allows independent content producers to create their own DCI DCP. That is a Digital Cinema Initiative’s Digital Cinema Package, which is the digital file format and wrapper used for digital projection, a standard that only came about in the last few years. Why is this such a big deal? Because I’ve heard encoding of even just TRAILERS was about $6K a pop, and features were about $20K. Now you can “roll your own” for about $700. So that’s BIG. Read on for more about it… more »
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Bloggage - I’ve got my own Nikon D90 on the wayI’ve ordered one of the Nikon D90 cameras for myself
Just a simple blog post - I’ve ordered one of the new Nikon D90 cameras for myself - I wanted a DSLR so I could learn more about RAW shooting, I also wanted a Nikon, so I could doodle with the Red One’s Nikon lens mount. BH Photovideo has the D90 with a VR 18-105 lens for $1295, I’d asked for B&H gift certificates for my birthday back in June, so I was able to use those to offset the cost. I got the camera with lens (the body alone is about $1000, but not available until October according to B&H’s site), a coupla 4GB cards, a remote trigger, an extra battery, the big battery pack that lets it do something extra I recall, and a monopod. It should, in theory, all get here Friday, so I’ll let you know how it all turns out. I’m really a post guy at heart, been learning more about what happens in front of the sensor the last few years. My iPhoto has about 20K+ images in it, so I figure it is time to step up to a DSLR and start learning more. Plus, the camera has a nifty 720p video mode which will be fun for doodling/documenting. DPreview mentioned a Nikon GP-1 GPS tagging gadget, BH didn’t list it, but that sounds like the kind of thing I’d definitely want to play with, and could lead to some fun web stuff to doodle with. All in time. -mike Nikon D90 vs Red’s Scarlet - Specdown!Does the Nikon D90 pose a threat to (the specs only of) Red’s Scarlet?
Nikon is about to ship the D90, a 12MP DSLR that shoots HD movies. Wait a minute, doesn’t that sound a lot like Red’s Scarlet? If you aren’t familiar with the D90, check out my post on the neat little camera. And more importantly, what will this trend mean for the industry at large? Read on to see how the about-to-be-released Nikon D90 stacks up against the current specs for next year’s Red Scarlet. more »
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Nikon D90 - nice DSLR that also shoots HD videoNikon’s new stills camera shoots nice 720p movies
Nikon is about to ship their new DX format DSLR, the D90. So why should you care? Because it also shoots 720p movies. Yep, that’s right - 1280x720, progressive frame, nice depth of field (roughly equivalent to Super35mm/Red One), 24 frame per second movies. With sound. How much? $1000 for the body, $1300 with an 18-105mm lens. Read on for the deets. more »
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My lengthy Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 review now online
Studio Daily posted the review last week after pounding the thing on a number of edits
Last week Studio Daily published my Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 review. It’s a longie but a goodie as I tried to go into detail about what I really like and what I kinda don’t like about this brand new Premiere Pro. I had been pounding it hard on several projects before writing the review. I have had a few questions about exactly what kind of jobs I’ve been working on with it.
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